Thursday, July 28, 2011

Mini Vac : Swiss Garden Resort Damai Laut, Lumut

annyeong-haseyo...been a little bit busy & lazy lately...hence the lack of updating this blog...sorry on that :P...but as promised, i here bring the much delayed Mini Vac : Swiss Garden Resort Damai Laut...

pushed off from office on Friday at about 3pm as Lumut was quite far...the journey took around 4 hours plus and at almost 8pm, we finally reached Swiss Garden Damai Laut...as we reached, we straight went to the reception to check in...after that, we then headed to our room...the resort was quite nice at first sight, but because we arrived at night, so can't really tell how it really looks like...room was quite okay too...










a little bit about how we got this Mini Vac invitation...there was one day, a consultant from the Swiss Garden International Vacation Club (SGIVC) called me saying that my name has been selected by AmBank to attend a tour at Swiss Garden Resort Damai Laut and to listen about the product which is the SGIVC as I'm a credit card holder of AmBank and that my payments are prompt (yeahhh right~... :P)...in order to attend the tour & to listen to their product, they are giving a free 3D2N stay at the Swiss Garden Resort Damai Laut...not bad since they are giving out free stay, even Palace Vacation Club (PVC) did not gave the free night stay to attend their tour, although they did gave a complimentary voucher to stay at Palace of The Golden Horses but can only be utilized during weekdays unless u sign up as a member...so that's how I got the free 3D2N stay at the Swiss Garden Resort Damai Laut...

the next day morning at 9am, we then headed to the Swiss Garden Apartment which is nearby the resort...actually the whole area belongs to Swiss Garden and the piece of land consist of Swiss Garden Resort, Swiss Garden Apartments, Swiss Villas and there is also a golf couse in there...so u can imagine how huge the area is...the SGIVC office is located at the Swiss Garden Apartments and at there, the SGIVC consultants were waiting for us and the others who also received the invitation...1st activity was to tour the whole resort area of Swiss Garden...we rode on a mini train but was running on tyres on road ofcourse :P...first was to the golf course, then headed to a boat pier which belongs to Swiss Garden Damai Laut too...the view there was quite nice...next was Swiss Garden Resort & Swiss Villas...then we head back to the Swiss Garden Apartments to listen to their product briefing which was SGIVC...








the list of resorts under SGIVC was quite good and impressive...pricing was much cheaper than PVC...and the method of payment was really flexible...too bad that we're already members of PVC...however the manager of SGIVC told that we can cancel our PVC membership, so we enrolled and joined the SGIVC membership...unfortunately, when we were back in KL, i called up PVC and they informed that i can cancel my membership but then the payment released by the bank to PVC will not be refund to the bank and that i would have to settle the payment...so what's the point of cancelling my membership if i still have to pay to the bank...so no choice but to cancel my SGIVC membership which luckily was still within the cooling off period...so all payment made will be refunded...

after the tour & product briefing, me & my wife then headed to Manjung town to have our brunch...we had our brunch at the chicken rice shop at Tesco and bought a few more things there...after that, head back to the resort...we juz chilled at the room at then at about 6pm, i went out to have a walk around the resort while my wife stayed at the room to relax...the resort was really nice as it has a swimming pool, a pool for water polo and they even have a private beach which was quite nice...after a stroll at the beach, i then headed back to the room...we then juz watched tv and then went to bed to call off for the day...




















the next day morning, we had breakfast at one of the hotel's restaurant where it was a buffet breakfast...the line of cuisines was not bad and has quite a wide of variety...after breakfast, went back to the room and then checked out from our hotel room...it's then time to head back to KL...

11 comments:

  1. hi there..just wanna ask. diorang paksa tak to join the club or we can decide ourself?

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    1. sorry for the late reply...nope, diorang x pakse...it's up to us to decide...

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  2. hi there...diorang x pakse...it's up to us whether to sign up or not...but ofcourse they will promote kaw2...in the end, the decision lies on us...

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  3. I just received called n email from them but not make the decision yet. 3D/2N.... u think that I should receive the offer but I have to pay RM300.000. pls advise me brooo.

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  4. hi jijoy...sorry late reply as long time haven't updated this blog...the RM300 is just a security deposit so that we turn up during that day...so, if u really want to try the resort, then there shouldn't be any problem...the RM300 will be refunded back to us...so no worries and there is nothing to lose...

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  5. saya pun terima invitation jugak , bole buat booking bila bila masa ke atau kena ikut schedule depa ?

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    1. sorry for the very late reply...sy dh jarang sgt check blog...kalo x silap sy anytime kita nak...

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  6. hi,how they will return the money rm300 deposit....is it secure...then nak tanya juga bilik hotel reservation will done by them or need arrange our self...kalau nak membership dia orang berapa harga??

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    1. hi, sorry for the late reply as i rarely check my blog anymore...during that time, they charged the rm300 deposit onto my credit card, when you arrive there during the product briefing, they will refund the rm300 by deducting back the rm300 from the credit card...be sure to bring that same credit card along...the arrangement will be done by them...can't remember how much was their membership, it was around 15k if i'm not mistaken...

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  7. I buat booking at kuantan swiss garden jugak. Tapi sekarang ni banjir. Tak tahu itu rm300 dpt refund ke tak... Sakit hatiku kalau tak dpt refund sebab banjir ni i dpt nak pergi esok...

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    1. rase nye kalau sebab banjir diorang akn refund kot sbb bkn nye akak saje2 x nk pegi, tp mmg x leh pegi sbb banjir...

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